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Yvonne Yau
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Latest papers
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and their neutralizing capacity against live virus in human milk after COVID-19 infection and vaccination: prospective cohort studies.
The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2024
Failed Eradication Therapy of New-Onset Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections in Children With Cystic Fibrosis Is Associated With Bacterial Resistance to Neutrophil Functions.
The Journal of infectious diseases · 2022
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain-sharing in Early Infection Among Children With Cystic Fibrosis
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2020
Latest funding
- $632,425
Next-Generation Antimicrobial Diagnostics: Speed and Precision via Whole Genome Sequencing
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
- $677,527
A Wireless CMOS Device for Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profiling
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
- $2,447,425
Assessing the breadth and depth of cystic fibrosis-associated polymicrobial respiratory tract infections
CIHR · 2010 · Principal investigator
15 publications.
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and their neutralizing capacity against live virus in human milk after COVID-19 infection and vaccination: prospective cohort studies.
Ismail S, Unger S, Budylowski P, Poutanen S, Yau Y, Jenkins C, Anwer S, Christie-Holmes N, Kiss A, Mazzulli T, Johnstone J, McGeer A, Whittle W, Parvez B, Gray-Owen SD, Stone D, O'Connor DL
Failed Eradication Therapy of New-Onset Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections in Children With Cystic Fibrosis Is Associated With Bacterial Resistance to Neutrophil Functions.
Kwong K, Benedetti A, Yau Y, Waters V, Nguyen D
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain-sharing in Early Infection Among Children With Cystic Fibrosis
Patrick J. Stapleton, Conrad Izydorcyzk, Shawn T. Clark, Ana C. Blanchard, Pauline W. Wang, Yvonne C. W. Yau, Valerie Waters, David S. Guttman
Activity of a novel antimicrobial peptide against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms
Trevor Beaudoin, Tracy A. Stone, Miroslawa Glibowicka, Christina Adams, Yvonne C. W. Yau, Saumel Ahmadi, Christine E. Bear, Hartmut Grasemann, Valerie J. Waters, Charles M. Deber
Early detection using qPCR of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in children with cystic fibrosis undergoing eradication treatment.
Blanchard AC, Rooney AM, Yau Y, Zhang Y, Stapleton PJ, Horton E, Klingel M, Stanojevic S, Ratjen F, Coburn B, Waters V
Pilot trial of tobramycin inhalation powder in cystic fibrosis patients with chronic Burkholderia cepacia complex infection.
Waters V, Yau Y, Beaudoin T, Wettlaufer J, Tom SK, McDonald N, Rizvi L, Klingel M, Ratjen F, Tullis E
Longitudinal study of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia antibody levels and outcomes in cystic fibrosis patients.
Wettlaufer J, Klingel M, Yau Y, Stanojevic S, Tullis E, Ratjen F, Waters V
Changes in airway inflammation during pulmonary exacerbations in patients with cystic fibrosis and primary ciliary dyskinesia.
Ratjen F, Waters V, Klingel M, McDonald N, Dell S, Leahy TR, Yau Y, Grasemann H
In vitro efficacy of high-dose tobramycin against Burkholderia cepacia complex and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates from cystic fibrosis patients.
Ratjen A, Yau Y, Wettlaufer J, Matukas L, Zlosnik JE, Speert DP, LiPuma JJ, Tullis E, Waters V
Chronic Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection and mortality or lung transplantation in cystic fibrosis patients.
Waters V, Atenafu EG, Lu A, Yau Y, Tullis E, Ratjen F
Next-Generation Antimicrobial Diagnostics: Speed and Precision via Whole Genome Sequencing
Principal investigators: Guttman, David S; Coburn, Bryan A; Hwang, David M; Shapiro, Jesse
Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Diagnostic Testing; Genome Analysis; Genome-Wide Association Study; Human Health; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Predictive Modeling; Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
A Wireless CMOS Device for Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profiling
Principal investigators: Gulak, Glenn; Navarre, William W
Keywords: Antibiotic Susceptibility; Bacterial Pathogens; Bacteriophage; Cmos Isfet; Low-Cost Mass-Producible Disposable; Lysins; Phage Panel; Rapid Point-Of-Care Diagnostics; Single-Chip With No Microfluidic Packaging; Wireless Power And Data Transfer
Assessing the breadth and depth of cystic fibrosis-associated polymicrobial respiratory tract infections
Principal investigators: Guttman, David S; Cowen, Leah E; Davidson, Alan R; Hwang, David M; O'Doherty, Kieran C; Parkinson, John; Tullis, Diana E; Waters, Valerie J; Yau, Yvonne C
Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Bacteria; Bacteriophage; Community Structure; Cystic Fibrosis; Fungi; Lung Infections; Metagenomics; Next-Generation Genomics; Population Dynamics
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Felix Ratjen and Sanja Stanojevic: 109 shared papers
- Deborah O'Connor and Sharon Unger: 96 shared papers
- Padmaja Subbarao and Felix Ratjen: 57 shared papers
- Felix Ratjen and Hartmut Grasemann: 31 shared papers
- Felix Ratjen and Valerie Waters: 30 shared papers
- Padmaja Subbarao and Sanja Stanojevic: 26 shared papers
- Christine Bear and Felix Ratjen: 24 shared papers
- Felix Ratjen and Elizabeth Tullis: 23 shared papers
- Padmaja Subbarao and David Guttman: 20 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Jennie Johnstone: 17 shared papers
- Bryan Coburn and David Guttman: 17 shared papers
- Elizabeth Tullis and Valerie Waters: 16 shared papers
- Sanja Stanojevic and Valerie Waters: 13 shared papers
- Deborah O'Connor and Patricia Parkin: 12 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Bryan Coburn: 11 shared papers
- Yvonne Yau and Valerie Waters: 11 shared papers
- Hartmut Grasemann and Valerie Waters: 10 shared papers
- Sharon Unger and Allison McGeer: 9 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Scott Gray-Owen: 9 shared papers
- Sanja Stanojevic and Elizabeth Tullis: 9 shared papers
- Felix Ratjen and Yvonne Yau: 8 shared papers
- Deborah O'Connor and Allison McGeer: 7 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Dat Tran: 7 shared papers
- Yvonne Yau and Elizabeth Tullis: 7 shared papers
- Andrea Benedetti and Dao Nguyen: 5 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and David Guttman: 5 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Shaun Morris: 5 shared papers
- Padmaja Subbarao and Patricia Parkin: 4 shared papers
- Padmaja Subbarao and Hartmut Grasemann: 4 shared papers
- Christine Bear and Sanja Stanojevic: 4 shared papers
- Dat Tran and Shaun Morris: 4 shared papers
- Larissa Matukas and Valerie Waters: 4 shared papers
- Deborah O'Connor and Scott Gray-Owen: 3 shared papers
- Sharon Unger and Scott Gray-Owen: 3 shared papers
- Christine Bear and Hartmut Grasemann: 3 shared papers
- Dat Tran and Patricia Parkin: 3 shared papers
- Dao Nguyen and David Guttman: 3 shared papers
- Felix Ratjen and Annie Lu: 3 shared papers
- Sanja Stanojevic and Yvonne Yau: 3 shared papers
- Yvonne Yau and Annie Lu: 3 shared papers
- Larissa Matukas and Elizabeth Tullis: 3 shared papers
- Elizabeth Tullis and Annie Lu: 3 shared papers
- Andrea Benedetti and Felix Ratjen: 2 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Frances Jamieson: 2 shared papers
- Bryan Coburn and Valerie Waters: 2 shared papers
- Felix Ratjen and Larissa Matukas: 2 shared papers
- Felix Ratjen and Sharon Dell: 2 shared papers
- Shaun Morris and Patricia Parkin: 2 shared papers
- Yvonne Yau and Larissa Matukas: 2 shared papers
- Yvonne Yau and Hartmut Grasemann: 2 shared papers
- Hartmut Grasemann and Sharon Dell: 2 shared papers
- Padmaja Subbarao and Dhenuka Radhakrishnan: 1 shared paper
- Padmaja Subbarao and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Deborah O'Connor and Jennie Johnstone: 1 shared paper
- Deborah O'Connor and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Sharon Unger and Jennie Johnstone: 1 shared paper
- Sharon Unger and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Christine Bear and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Andrea Benedetti and Bryan Coburn: 1 shared paper
- Andrea Benedetti and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Allison McGeer and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Scott Gray-Owen and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Dat Tran and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Dao Nguyen and Bryan Coburn: 1 shared paper
- Dao Nguyen and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Bryan Coburn and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- David Guttman and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Dhenuka Radhakrishnan and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Dhenuka Radhakrishnan and Frances Jamieson: 1 shared paper
- Shaun Morris and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Shaun Morris and Frances Jamieson: 1 shared paper
- Patricia Parkin and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Jennie Johnstone and Yvonne Yau: 1 shared paper
- Yvonne Yau and Frances Jamieson: 1 shared paper
- Yvonne Yau and Sharon Dell: 1 shared paper
- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
- Department of Paediatrics
- Department of Medicine
- Institute of Medical Science
- Department of Nutritional Sciences
- Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
- Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Valerie Waters
Department of Paediatrics
11 shared papers, latest 2022
Felix Ratjen
Institute of Medical Science
8 shared papers, latest 2018
Elizabeth Tullis
Department of Medicine
7 shared papers, latest 2017
Annie Lu
Department of Paediatrics
3 shared papers, latest 2013
Sanja Stanojevic
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
3 shared papers, latest 2018
Larissa Matukas
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Hartmut Grasemann
Institute of Medical Science
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Susan Richardson
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2009
Sharon Dell
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Frances Jamieson
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2009
Shawn Clark
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Deborah O'Connor
Department of Nutritional Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Sharon Unger
Department of Nutritional Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Christine Bear
Department of Biochemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Andrea Benedetti
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Allison McGeer
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Scott Gray-Owen
Department of Molecular Genetics
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Dat Tran
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Dao Nguyen
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Bryan Coburn
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Charles Deber
Department of Biochemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2018
David Guttman
Department of Cell & Systems Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Dhenuka Radhakrishnan
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2009
Shaun Morris
Epidemiology Division
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Tony Mazzulli
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Patricia Parkin
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Susan Poutanen
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Upton Allen
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Padmaja Subbarao
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2012
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